Re: speakable items

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Roy
Oh boy, I have been playing around with this for a while now, it didn't work, of course, it was set to off! sometimes, the most obvious things are just beyond me, h! On Jul 31, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi Lisette and Les, Are you guys sure you have the

Re: speakable items - system dialogs menu

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, so do I, but, if you ever have a sighted friend use your Mac, it will bother them, or, at least, I think it will. when I first got my mac and didn't know about how to see all the opened windows and dialogues, the first time my wife went to use my Mac, she was annoyed about all the opened

VO Profiles and iCloud

2012-08-03 Thread Chris Moore
Hello Apple gan boys and girls, How are we all enjoying Mountain Lion? Pretty good huh? Few little bugs? yeah I know, but no show stoppers unlike Lion :) Anyway, enough of the small talk. After installing a fresh clean Mountain Kitty Kat onto my iMac, it suddenly dawned on me damn! I have

Re: VO Profiles and iCloud

2012-08-03 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello Chris. It's lovely to have a cheerful e-mail to read. Like you, I am sitting at work in the UK and not doing it as I should but I am living a little dangerously. Well, I love your idea about the settings being saved in Icloud. You should let Apple know your idea. Kind regards. Kawal.

My problem re no windows.

2012-08-03 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. I forgot to add one thing having no windows when using ML. Affter a while, Voice Over stops announcing that the application has no windows and works normally. Again if any one can shed a little light, let me know. I do not know if its a bug. Thank you. I am feeling great for a

Re: VO Profiles and iCloud

2012-08-03 Thread Chris Moore
Don't worry, I have done via accessibility@ and also via the feedback feature on their website. But if anyone else wants to do the same, then that might ensure it is considered by Apple in the future. Hope your day is going well. I am bug hunting on our huge website. It amazes me in 2012

Seaking Purchase advice on IPhone car kit

2012-08-03 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
My grandmother has a Hyunda, but trust me, it doesn't have bluetooth ability, nor does it have auxiliary input. All she's got is A M/FM/Sirius XM, Plus a 6 disc dashboard loading CD changer. I can't remember what year it is, but it's not exactly old old old, but it's not new by any stretch

Re: making appointments in 10.8

2012-08-03 Thread William Windels
Hello all, I find some new possibility's so that you can specify that a event will have a end-our with the word until. I write something like: appointment with x 5 august 10:40 until 18:00 kind regards, William windels Op 31-jul.-2012, om 22:49 heeft Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com het

Re: speakable items

2012-08-03 Thread Donna Goodin
Well, the reason I made that suggestion is because I did it once, too. :) That set of options really is kind of confusing to navigate. Cheers, Donna On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:35 AM, Dan Roy droy1...@gmail.com wrote: Oh boy, I have been playing around with this for a while now, it didn't work, of

Re: VO Profiles and iCloud

2012-08-03 Thread Alex Hall
I agree, vo settings in iCloud would be incredible! They already let us use a thumb drive for settings, so why not do the same automatically via iCloud? I'll definitely email accessibil...@apple.com and let them know I support this idea. On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:19 AM, Chris Moore

Re: VO Profiles and iCloud

2012-08-03 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Chris, My aren't you chatty this morning! :) I completely agree about storing VO profiles in the cloud, that would be way cool. Also agree about the idea of setting notification center to notify you only when you get a message from a VIP. I suspect we'll see interesting developments in

Re: VO Profiles and iCloud

2012-08-03 Thread Chris Moore
Hey Donna, Trust you are keeping well? I suspect Apple might introduce a notification from VIPs when they get around to adding do not disturb. Well I guess they have to save some features for Snow Monkey. I am still going to keep pestering Apple about adding support for tables in Pages and

Shut Down sound

2012-08-03 Thread chris hallsworth
Hello all is there a way of assigning a sound when shutting down a mac computer and if so how? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

RE: Apple ID and AppStore

2012-08-03 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks. I was having a brain freeze, and neglected to check the menu, figured the login and change accounts would be in the actual store window. Changed my ID, but the download kept failing. It was the free twitter app I can't spell, so deleted it and will purchase it again with my main ID.

Re: speakable items - system dialogs menu

2012-08-03 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. maybe there is a way for sighted people to get rid of it with the mouse? I have no idea whether this is correct or not though. lol Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 bubbygirl1...@gmail.com

Re: Shut Down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Alex Hall
I don't think so, but google might turn up an app that does this. Still, my mac shuts down so quickly compared to windows that I don't need a sound to tell me the process is proceeding. On Aug 3, 2012, at 8:09 AM, chris hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all is there a way of

Re: web spots and hotspots?

2012-08-03 Thread Blinkin
So I will explain what I understand about these. Web spots are markers you can plus on your own and jump right to on a webpage. For example if there is a certain button or item on a webpage you need to use a lot you can place a web spot and jump right to it. I have the

best scanner?

2012-08-03 Thread Pommette
Hi All, I'm looking to buy a flatbed scanner with paper feeding capabilities that will interface well with mac, is sturdy, intuitive, and that handles OCR well. I'll be using it for books and some documents. What are you using that you like? And what software do you find works best? thanks!

RE: Seaking Purchase advice on IPhone car kit

2012-08-03 Thread wayne coles
Hello amazon has just what you want so just do a search for blue tooth transmitters and there they will be hope this helps -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark gilland Sent: 03 August 2012

closing a card you[you're editing in Contacts, without closing Contacts

2012-08-03 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Not sure if this is new in ML or not. If I'm editing a card in Contacts, and press CMD-W to close the window when I'm done, it also closes contacts. My memory is that it used to just close the current card. Anyone have any idea how to close a card without closing Contacts? Cheers,

Never mind, (was closing a card you're editing in Contacts, without closing Contacts)

2012-08-03 Thread Donna Goodin
Subject says it all. Sorry for the extraneous post. Donna On Aug 3, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Not sure if this is new in ML or not. If I'm editing a card in Contacts, and press CMD-W to close the window when I'm done, it also closes contacts. My

Re: New App that sends Growl notifications to Notification Center

2012-08-03 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi everyone. To answer everyone's questions, yes, Voiceover does read the Growl Notifications that are passed to the Notification Center. I think it's a good thing that Growl notifications go to Notification Center because I can easily shut Voiceover up if I don't want it to talk. With Growl

+ Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Even with Growl *NOT* running, VO *STILL* tells me that Skype has new window every time a contact changes status. AIM doesn't do this, either in Messages or in the AIM client. That's my biggest chunk of cow, and apparently it's not a Growl issue? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Brandon Olivares
I get the same thing. I didn't realize it was when a contact changed, but it definitely happens. No idea why. On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: Even with Growl *NOT* running, VO *STILL* tells me that Skype has new window every time a contact

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, the fix is easy. Just go in to your skype prefs/Notifications/general tab and from there, select Growl for the screen notifications. HTH. For some reason, it goes back to the default with every update. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Album ratings on rateyourmusic.com and allmusic.com inaccessible

2012-08-03 Thread Eric Brinkman
Hi listers, When I go to an album's page on rateyourmusic.com, it seems impossible to rate the album using a screen-reader. The section where you select your rating just contains a set of graphics with very confusing labels, and clicking on them doesn't seem to produce meaningful results. The

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I just stopped Growl, and before that I removed Skype from its table of applications for which it has set preferences, trying to get this to stop, and that was before I updated Skype. The behavior hasn't changed from before the update. I'll reboot with Growl up and the Skype references

Re: Seaking Purchase advice on IPhone car kit

2012-08-03 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
That's not what I need. Did you actually read my e-mail? My grandmother doesn't have bluetooth ability. The only way we can interface this is via cigarette lighter based plug. She doesn't have bluetooth, nor does she have an auxiliary input nor a USB input. This is why it needs to be an

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Gee, you made much too much work for yourself for nothing. All you really needed to do was go in to your Sype prefs window via command/comma, and, from there, go to the tool bar and choose the notifications tab. From there, choose the overview tab. Inside here, just VO=right until you see

Re: Seaking Purchase advice on IPhone car kit

2012-08-03 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You might perhaps try www.ccrane.com They have an FM transmiter that I suspect will suit the purpose. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Aug 3, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Christopher-Mark gilland clgillan...@gmail.com

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
*nods* I see that, but now, I have the problem where I removed Skype from Growl's applications table, and can't add it back. *grin* B Before stopping Growl altogether, I tried removing Skype, thinking some of my other apps might want to use Growl. When I continued to hear Skype has new window

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Doug Lee
If your directions are correct, I am curious why just turning off visual notifications entirely does not get rid of the Skype has new window announcements. I don't have Growl, so that choice is dimmed in my case. But I unchecked Display visual notifications, and I still get numerous new window

Re: voiceover and greek?

2012-08-03 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, According to the Apple App Store where you purchase Mountain Lion, Greek is one of the many supported languages. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-08-03, at 1:09 PM, Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Karen. You might like to have a look at

Re: voiceover and greek?

2012-08-03 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Tim, all,I will share this, but the rest of my question still stands. Surely Greek existed in a synthesizer before now? Thanks, Kare On Fri, 3 Aug 2012, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, According to the Apple App Store where you purchase Mountain Lion, Greek is one of the many supported languages.

Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi all, I quite often have an issue with my time capsule and my BT hub/modem and I lose my internet/network and can only get it back once I've unplugged the time capsule and plugged it in again. Earlier this week it was gone for several hours before a lot of fighting with it fixed it. Actually

Re: voiceover and greek?

2012-08-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Karen, A Greek voice was first integrated into Mac OS X with Lion, along with all the other non-English languages. I downloaded a Greek voice as someone I know signs her name in Greek letters and VoiceOver does not speak them unless I switch to the Greek voice. Cheers, Anne -- You

Re: web spots and hotspots?

2012-08-03 Thread Alex Hall
It does, thanks. I've tried auto webspots a few times, but it never seems to give me any, so I have no idea how good they are. Still, assigning them seems like a good idea and I'll have to play with that more on pages I use a lot. On Aug 3, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Blinkin blinkin4...@gmail.com wrote:

time machine help

2012-08-03 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi, My time capsule came unplugged. I plugged it in again and it seemed to be ok, but when I went to the time machine menu the configured icon was dimmed. I've found my disk but it now says it cannot connect to the time machine server and that it can't find my backup disk. I'm going to go

Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
Hi everyone! In order to check my work email when I'm out of the office, I have to use MS Outlook web access. On Windows, I can select either a premium or basic radio button when logging in. The basic view is much more accessible. Unfortunately, I'm not able to access these radio buttons on the

working with messages app in 10.8

2012-08-03 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I can't figure out messages at all. I tried sending a few messages to an address that my iPod can send to with no problem, but the mac says failed to deliver' each time. I just noticed I had a new message, so tried to find out what it was. I found the conversations table, selected the

RE: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Webkit is just the nightly builds of Safari, so I doubt that will help at all. Chrome is accessible with VO, so you could give that a go, or just use apple mail. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison

Re: anyone ever used winonx?

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
Now that's interesting. Please do let us know what you find out. Thanks. Allison On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, I might have a look at virtualbox, I didn't know it was free. The advantage to winonx is that you don't need windows, just the windows

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Is there a way to use the system voice with Skype to announce who comes online? Perhaps that would get around Skype saying it has a new window when someone comes online or sends a chat, so it could be put to good use. Thanks, Rachel On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Doug Lee d...@dlee.org wrote: If

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I was getting this at first, and I disabled visual notifications entirely, and am now not getting any announcements that Skype has a new window. On 2012-08-03, at 5:30 PM, Rachel Feinberg walksi...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to use the system voice with Skype to announce who comes

Re: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Apple mail does support exchange. I'm assuming that your work account is probably an exchange account, so you could probably set it up in Apple mail, if they're using exchange 2007 or later. I'd do that, to avoid the head aches of dealing with any kind of web mail On 2012-08-03, at 5:18

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Yes, in fact, that's precisely what I have it doing now--using the system voice to announce status changes. After every time this is announced, or if message from Rachel, or whomever, is spoken, VO speaks up about the new window. It's not a Growl issue at all, apparently. nor a visual

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi kirsten, i'd say that Apple mail is one of the best mail clients i've used. I'd used outlook 2003 for a while, but didn't really like it, that was back when i was on Windows though. WHat it sounds like to me, from what you're describing, is that you have two accounts set up in mail, or

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
So, as you suggested I've just been in the accounts part of the preferences ... thanks for reminding me where to find it - obvious really ... There's only one account there, the one which says btinternet and is apparently an imap and says yahoo in the description I am fairly certain this is

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Well, the btinternet account sounds like an ISP provided account. Not sure if your ISP provides iMap, POP3, or both. Most ISP provided email is Pop3 though. You might want to call your ISP and check to see wihcih they support. If I have multiple devices, say a Mac, and an iPhone for

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
I was wondering if it should be pop3 on my mac, that way the mails would stay, and imap on my 4s and ipad? Does that sound the wrong way round? As I only seem to have the imap version, would I need to add a new account if I wanted to create, or recreate the pop3 version? Don't want to mess up

Re: time machine sorted was time machine help

2012-08-03 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi, As subject says, I think I have managed to sort out my tm issue. Not sure how, but got it to come up with my password and did a bit of wire jiggling and now it's done a successful full backup! Fingers crossed that it keeps working! I sadly have to say, I have a house full of Apple

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Would you be so kind as to explain how you got the system voice to speak Skype changes? Thanks! On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, in fact, that's precisely what I have it doing now--using the system voice to announce status changes. After

VoiceOver not reading characters when quick nav is off

2012-08-03 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi all, Since Mountain Lion, a strange issue has been occurring with voiceover. When I'm perusing an edit field, I can vo right or left arrow to go backward or forward by words. However, if I wish to edit something, with quick nav off, I should theoretically be able to press just left or right

Re: VoiceOver not reading characters when quick nav is off

2012-08-03 Thread Alex Hall
That's odd, and I haven't had it happen to me at all. Sorry I can't help more. On Aug 3, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Rachel Feinberg walksi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since Mountain Lion, a strange issue has been occurring with voiceover. When I'm perusing an edit field, I can vo right or left arrow

Weird Mail Rules issue

2012-08-03 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, I have set a rule for the Mac Visionaries group, but it doesn't seem to work the greatest. I set the rule to have messages sent to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com be moved to the Mac Visionaries folder, and it put that folder in my Google mail list for some reason. The issue is

Re: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
I work for the state, so they won't let me configure my mail in any clients. I'm lucky to have the outlook web access as security happy as they are. Allison On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Daniel Miller miller...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Webkit is just the nightly builds of Safari, so I doubt that

Re: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
It would be really nice if they would let me, but I doubt it. I'll check though. Thanks.. Allison On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Dan Eickmeier va3ets2...@me.com wrote: Apple mail does support exchange. I'm assuming that your work account is probably an exchange account, so you could probably

Bootcamp questions

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
Hi everyone! I just want to ask clarification on a few questions I have about Bootcamp. To the best of my knowledge, creating a bootcamp partition is not accessible without sighted assistance, nor is installing Windows once the partition has been created. Are these assertions correct? I know

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
*bow* Honor is to serve. (only a slight smirk). In Skype, go to Preferences, Notifications, and select the details, tab. There you'll find a pop-up button for the event you want to set, and options below that. Let me know if you need further help; I'd be glad to walk you through it on

merging several PDF files into one.

2012-08-03 Thread Chris Gilland
okay, so here's the deal. I was e-mailed five pDF files today. basically, to make a long story short, it is an owners manual. I am not sure why he did it this way, however each page of the manual is a separate PDF file. Granted, the manual is only five pages long, so it's nothing really to

Menuweather help needed.

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
Hi everyone. I recently installed Menuweather on my macbook pro running mountain lion. I allowed it to use my current location, and there's only one problem, the location is wrong. When I Vo space on the location in the menu bar, the entire Menuweather menu in extras gets very sluggish, and I

Re: web spots and hotspots?

2012-08-03 Thread Blinkin
Yeah I never use the auto web spots. They have never given me anything very useful. On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: It does, thanks. I've tried auto webspots a few times, but it never seems to give me any, so I have no idea how good they are. Still, assigning

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Your description was perfect. Thanks so much, I think it's all set up. :) On Aug 3, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: *bow* Honor is to serve. (only a slight smirk). In Skype, go to Preferences, Notifications, and select the details, tab. There you'll

Make this speakable issues

2012-08-03 Thread Blinkin
All, While using the speech recognition the command Make this item speakable while on an application or document will give you the ability to assign it a voice command to open it. After you do that you can open the speakable items list and change the text to whatever you want.

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Maria Chapman
Hi. I get skype has a new window too but i used to get that in lion as well. Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 04/08/2012, at 7:42 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter

Re: working with messages app in 10.8

2012-08-03 Thread Maria Chapman
hi command n to compose. Not sure why you're getting the empty messages Hth regards Maria and crew from australia email: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com check out www.powerradio104.us where we play lots of great music On 04/08/2012, at 7:24 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all,

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Sheepishly, I must confess that turning off visual notifications in SKype Preferences seems to have fixed this issue for me now. Didn't before, I swear, but. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: •

Re: merging several PDF files into one.

2012-08-03 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
I dont' mind terminal at all, but I don't have Skim, being that I use Docuscan Plus. Chris. - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac-access.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 9:43 PM Subject: Re: merging several PDF files into one. Hi Chris,

RE: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Jeff Bishop
Which version of Outlook Web Access are you using? The only radio button I see is the one for public versus private computer. There is a checkbox to turn on the lite version of OWA and that works fine for me in Safari. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Another bootcamp question.

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
Hi everyone. Assuming that I can create a bootcamp partition without sighted assistance, couldn't I then create an unattended install of Windows and get it installed that way? I'm fishing for solutions here, as sighted assistance is a bit hard to come by. Thanks! Allison -- You received this

Re: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
Hi jeff. It doesn't give me a version number, but it tells me that it's powered by Microsoft Exchange server version 2003. Leave it to the government to be ten years behind the times. Lol. The check box you mentioned is nowhere to be found on my page, but thanks for the suggestion. Allison On

Dowloading VLC

2012-08-03 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, I've got the link for the VLC page, but don't know which version to download. I have a 2011 MacBook Pro with 4 GB ram. Should I download the 32 bit or 64 bit version? I just don't want to mess things up by trying to install the wrong one. Thanks. Lisette -- You received this

The mac and security

2012-08-03 Thread Allison Mervis
Hi everyone. I have a subscription to Eset Smart Security for Mac, but I'm wondering whether or not I should bother renewing it. As long as you stay away from questionable websites, it doesn't seem like the mac is very vulnerable to attack. I would rather not spend the money on renewing if it